Karen Nystrom

Karen Nystrom (born June 17, 1969) was a member of the 1998 Canadian National women's team that participated in ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Karen Nystrom
Born	(1969-06-17) June 17, 1969 (age 56) Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight	139 lb (63 kg; 9 st 13 lb)
Position	Forward
Shot	Left
COWHL Hockey East NWHL team	Toronto Red Wings Newtonbrook Panthers Northeastern Brampton Thunder
National team	Canada
Playing career	1985–2003
Medal record Women's ice hockey Representing  Canada Olympic Games 1998 Nagano Tournament 3 Nations Cup 1996 IIHF World Women's Championships 1992 Finland Tournament 1994 United States Tournament 1997 Canada Tournament

Playing career

Prior to joining the Canadian National women's team for the 1992 Women's World ice hockey championships, Nystrom participated in the Central Ontario Women's Hockey League. Nystrom competed for the Scarborough Firefighters (1985 to 1991) and the Toronto Redwings. Prior to the 1998 Olympics, Nystrom also played hockey for the Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey program. She would play with the Brampton Thunder from 1997 to 2003. During the 2000–01 NWHL season, Nystrom played with the Brampton Thunder and finished fourth in league scoring with 48 points.^[1]

Other

Karen Nystrom was also a soccer player who competed for Scarborough United.^[2] In 2006, Nystrom was hired as an assistant coach for the Ontario Tech Ridgebacks women's ice hockey program, representing the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, Ontario.^[3] Prior to accepting the job, she had worked for over 10 years as a customer service manager for Nike Canada.

In March 2009, she would become the Ridgebacks head coach. Spending six seasons in this capacity, she led the team to consecutive OUA playoff appearances in 2013 and 2014, both first round exits. In addition, the Ridgebacks enjoyed their first season of double digit wins under Nystrom's tutelage, amassing 12 wins in the 2011-12 campaign.

Career stats

Source:^[4]

Event	Games played	Goals	Assists	Points	Penalty Minutes
1998 Olympics	6	1	0	1	2

Awards and honours

• Won COWHL scoring title in 1991-92 (runner-up in 1990–91, 1992–93 and

1996–97)

• COWHL All-Star Team every year from 1989 to 1997
• OWHA champion with Scarborough Firefighters, 1991^[5]